African scientists must not be priced out of mental-health research, says postdoctoral researcher Vivien Chebii. go.nature.com/4cTRawd

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New publication 🎉 by Vivien Chebii, PhD "Centre global equity for mental-health research". Recently published in nature - part of the DepGenAfrica team SBIMB in Johannesburg nature.com/articles/d4158…

#Opportunity to join SBIMB as a research computer engineer to support e-Research (#HPC #big_data). Maintain the Wits Core Research Cluster! Assist students and researchers with accessing the server! Follow link for more details: bit.ly/4grMFMv

Today, at the World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics in Singapore, I have spoken about our on-going initiative to collect psychiatric genetic data on 10,560 participants from Uganda Segun Fatumo @KKuchenbaecker Dr Cathryn Lewis Andrew McIntosh MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit

Excited to share our new paper in Comms Medicine on equitable psychiatric genetics research in Africa! We highlight challenges & strategies for inclusive, impactful research to benefit all communities. Dive into the future of #GenomicEquity here: rdcu.be/dX7j4

Professor James Walters leads the Brain & Genomics hub based in Cardiff. Find out how researchers will integrate many types of data to find new ways to help people with SMI. Watch the video: buff.ly/48io09v #mentalhealthresearch National Centre for Mental Health (NCMH) @CardiffUni Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics

Prof Brynn Levi sharing valuable insights during his keynote on "New options in genetic diagnosis:a potential pathway to affordable genomics in Africa" #SASHGconference2024 #SASHG2024 #SUNCITY

Presentation from Loic Yengo at the DepGenAfrica meeting SBIMB September 3rd, 2024 youtu.be/YJk2IFloo2w

Future Africa University of Pretoria invites early-career researchers across Africa to apply for the FAR-LeaF II Fellowship. This 2 year programme builds skills in transformative research to tackle Africa’s sustainability challenges. Applications open 11 Nov. Read more: bit.ly/4fAcgRQ

Thanks to those who attended the African Bioinformatics Institute Information session last week. The recording, slides and FAQs are available here: tinyurl.com/y7b9mjjj.

We had a great SCAN training in #AddisAbaba #Ethiopia on Nov.5-7, 2024 for clinicians who will take part in DepGenAfrica #Ethiopia project. The clinicians' enthusiasm was amazing! Thank you trainers🙏Andrew McIntosh, Gerome Breen, #genetics, #psychgenetics, #depression

Prof Michele Ramsay is giving the 2nd plenary talk on ‘Leveraging Data Science for Genetic & Environmental Insights into Complex Traits in African Populations’. African Gut Microbiome was highlighted in talk, she said “Doing the work in Africa is a global imperative” #AfSHG2025

Prof Michele Ramsay, #Director of the SBIMB giving a #KeynoteAddress at the African Society of Human Genetics Conference that is taking place in Uganda. The subject of the talk was the AWI-Gen project. Here is a link to the other speakers: bit.ly/40KkdOJ

#AfSHG2025 is more than an exchange of ideas; it is a call to action for scientists, policymakers & industry experts to harness AI to unlock Africa’s genomic potential and drive treatments that are effective for everyone, irrespective of their ethnic background African Society of Human Genetics

GWAS in Pan-African cohort: Exploring genetic underpinning of 4 glycaemic traits–fasting glucose and insulin, insulin resistance and β cell function–hints at possibly unique genetic architecture of these traits in African populations Segun Fatumo link.springer.com/article/10.100…

📣New Preprint: Protocol for Depression Genetics in Africa (DepGenAfrica), supported by Wellcome osf.io/preprints/osf/…

🚨 New preprint alert See the link in the quoted tweet to learn more Africa's first large scale genetic study of depression DepGenAfrica

🚨New preprint from #DepGenAfrica!🚨 We are building a landmark study in #PsychiatricGenetics, the first large scale genetic study of Major Depressive Disorder #MDD in Africa 🌍🧬supported by Wellcome Here’s what you should know 🧵👇 1/7